Lexicon

Hidden Service Coupling

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Contracts Core

Record: lexicon:hidden-service-coupling

Canonical: Lexicon

An undeclared dependency between services that surfaces only at runtime, undermining independent evolution.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after External State Mutation and before Implementation-First Integration.

Category

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility

Negated by

  • Service Contract

Violates

  • Service Contract

Linked from

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility